Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1887-09-30
CALIFORNIA FRUITS.
REVIEW OF SHIPMENTS AND THE
SEASONS MARKET ATTHE EAST,
Complete Report of the New York
Auction Sales-Facts and Out-
look Deducible Therefrom.


lCopggh, 1857, by The California 4i:soclated Press
NEW YORK, September 29th.-In earlier dis
patches your correspondent furnished facts con
cerning the manner in which the auctions OF
California fruits have been conducted in this
city during this, the first season of such sales.
Full detail $ are here given concerning the trans
actions from the first sale to dates in September
The purl ose aimed at is to show to the public
who the pioneers are in this seasons work. the
amount and variety of fruit shipped by each
shipper, the prices received for each lot at each
sale-in short to condense into statistics, in so
much as that can be done, complete review of
the successes achieved TO the date of the last sale
mentioned. At the outset it is probably fair to
assume that some prices obtained have been
unsatisfactory to some shippers At the same
time IL Is true that many sales have been on
the contrary, very satisfactory iIfthe matter OF
prices. -
THE FIRST SEASON
In any line of businesses, to some extent exneri-
mental. There are many things to be learned
The dangers of loss by decay or at least of de.
terloratlon: at once present themselves when
the proposition Is made to market green fruits
thousands of miles from the orchards where
they grew. Notwithstanding the time -honored
statement that there is nothing new under the
sun, II is very probable that this sort of whole
sale marketing of perishable fruit at such long
range IS something new" and unidue II
touches just little on the romantic-this carry.
ing OF pears, peaches, plums, grapes, apricots,
nectarlneS, prunes, retc. across Il continent not
exclusively for the palates of the rich bnt that
every class may taste and enjoy them. over
mountains, deserts, rivers, through tunnels,
across s score OF States and Territories these
fruits come, and the peach then appears to ms
with the blush which it wore in California II
has the fast color OF the belle and the luscious
ness Wnlch speaks eloquently of the sunny state
west OF lhe snoW-clad Sierras.
CONDITIONS FOR SUCCESS.
But, as said before this DEPRESSION tna tirs,
season is experimental to a certain daoraa
Given, that the fruits are luscious: thai ibey
grow III the season when yet the Eastern fruits
oI !ne same varieties are not ripe; that Eastern
eplcures, and Eastern people generally, want to
taste OF their juices and pulp, and that their
quality is sufficient to make their way perrnan n.
ently into favor, fthey are properly marketed ;
that they are superior to Eastern frlits and suf'
hclently so to offer more than even comnetItion
when in good condition, if marketed simnIto
neously with Eastern fruits-there vet remain
guestionS whlch can be answered satisfactorily
by actual experiment alone The fruit must he
picked at Just the right stage of ripenjng. n nm
r1peness to bring it into Chicago and New Yorl,
IN condition to attract at once the admiration
and dollars OF the dealer who sees il as SOM
thing of an experiment at the first.
1hls is something of study when the lenptb
OF the transcontinental journey is considered
That it was -
NOT SOLVED EARLY IN THE SEASON.
Was manifested by the condition in which
various late fruits arrived here CONSIGNED To
Sgobel Il Day, the New York agents of tba Colt
fornla Fruit Union. Some lots were marked
worthless, and others brought a very low nrine
rIi TrIIavoiaaDly 70 the disappointment of shippers
Ihose new 10 the business necessarily can have
only the experience of others in this matter or
falIlng IN TINS, must experiment The frnit nust
be timed to arrive here so to be placed at once
i'll the hands of the dealers: being nerisbobIe
and reaching New York in warm Wealth. T.
must notremain in the cars over Sunday. Rnt ar
irving late Saturday this is an unavoidable risk
sIIH ana lruit which reaches here Sunday is also
dealers. There is, also, the first season some
what the question of
PREFERENCE FOR CERTAIN VARIETIES
OF nit to be considered This has been exem
ptlned TINS season in the matter of grapes. The
gorgeous and palatable Tokay grapes have the
call. They decorate the table and that consid-
GRAFTON is great advantage in the sale The
grapes shipped early this season were not popu-
lar, and therefore some disappointment NAV
nave nave been caused to the shippers. These facts
Illustrate, at least to some extent, the expert
mental part of the first attempts of the Caiifor-
MA Fruit Union in the new field.
RE:ULTs OF THE SEASONS SALE.
otWhat has been accomplished here in the
East, by the sales of the first season the pr1res
suDhlllltu WIN lilS sTIlCle showing the T.riaaS
received are only Il partial indication These
lgures show, with some explanation for the
Deneht OF California fruit growers at large what
may be expected to be realized from fruit grown
III California ard marketed in the East under
present condition, and as previously remarked
marketed eXperimentally. This may furnish a
basis for encouragement to the iruit-growers
VINO are increasing or have increased their frI1it
acreage. They show conclusivelv that n nov
and very large outlet has been provided 10
oDVlate the risk of glut and stagnation at home.
MoIc tnan TINS they indicate, coupled with the
statements OF so good an authority as Mr. Dav.
OF the hrln OF Sgobel u Day, that this
EASTERN DEMAND MAY BE ENLARGED
By enlarged supplies, systematically and repu.
larly provided, and that practically there is an
opportunity here to market almost unlimited
quantities OF green fruit. But this is only q
part OF the seasons accomplishment While
the shippers have made some money. and
have learned much which will be of ADVANTAGE
10 them III succeeding seasons, they have been
educating over two millions of peOple in this
and surrounding cities to expect California
frult. should none be forthcoming next season
although that such viii not be the case goes,
OF course, with the Saying-there would he o
general remonstrance and call for the luscious
pears, peaches, apricots, etc, which so sails
lactoriiy % furnish forth" the Eastern tables
prior PRO; 10 rb the incoming Of the Easterngrown
no small affair will be readily seen.
THE 7 EFT FRUIT STANDS.
have heretofore described to Won concerning,
the scenes at the auction sales of fruit Supple.
mentary TO these scenes was the great array of
frlnt stands throughout the city, upon which
evidences OF California enterprise and Califor.
man soil and climate were tasteful1v displayed
Broadway and scores OF other thorourhfares
would lese characteristic touches of color if
taese Sc stands were not on the streets. They are
on the sidewalks, at corners or other places con
Yenient to unrcsting tide of pedestrian tray. |.
\ large share of the boxes of samples went 10
these stands The samples are necessarily in
am fha TTalf t..I,.,
of the retail fruit stands, gathered them in Mt
sales: The fruit, as it appeared on the stands
was diverted Of its paper wrappings which had
California. The poorer specimens were ON
shelves The better specimens made up part
and parcel of
BASKETS OF FRUIT
Arranged with decided taste. Neat baskets of
alternately red and white stripes overfowed
seemingly, with the wealth of fruit supDlie,1
Any Californian who has noticed the contrasts
of color afforded by California fruits can i'm
aglne what an effect these baskets have ON the
imagination OF fruit-cOnsumers. The baskets
are filled TO and above the brim with color and
sweetness: They are just the right size for the
householder to take home on the elevated trains
or the boats TO Harlem, Brcoklyu Jersey City
Hoboken and to even greater distances / have
seen many people stop to admire the California
fruits so put up, enduring the iostling of pedes-
trians until they had admired sufficiently Few
oi such go away without purchasing. Ladies
take these baskets home and decorate their
tables with the contents
sEAsoNABLESESs OF CALIFORNIA FRUITS
1t is mentioned here as one of the elements of
permanent demand, that California fruits are
timed in the best way possible for this market
The pear aud peach and apricot are early; the
graDeS are also early the Oranges-thongh lit
tie has yet been done here with California citrus
fruits-can be brought in when The Florida crop
is out This is u familiar story in California. but
il is Few TO great majority of Eastern people
1t may be considered us one of the scpon,nlish-
mcnts OF the opening season that this leading
fact has been brought home 10 SO many in the
East. II answers one of the objections which
have been raised by hippapt paragraphers who
think il humorous 10 talk about n California
boom an absurdty. 1t shows that the
California fruit crop has two great markets at
onee-the home market, during a long season,
are here, and Offering competition here when
Eastern fruits are in. It is also suggestive of the
long fruitful season beyond the Serras. IL Is 3